Total 100 Others level Health / Beauty / Fitness job vacancies in Glass - Columbia SC

Major Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Supervise professional industrial hygiene positions and responsible for planning and coordinating activities and work to implement national policies essential to occupational health enforcement programs for OSHA field offices.
• Provide technical advice and consultation in health enforcement and abatement.
• Develop and maintain an effective enforcement and assistance program.
• Coordinate compliance and enforcement assistance to OSHA regional and area offices.
• Provide expert technical guidance on corporate-wide settlement agreements and processing of egregious cases.
• OSHA technical expert for compliance with occupational health standards and related Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) legislation which include waste operations; emergency response operations; bloodborne pathogens; EPA Worker Protection standards, EPA hazardous waste regulations; EPA superfund regulations; and EPA pesticide regulations.
• Research technical literature, including research reports, symposium papers, trade books, laboratory reports and other working papers to provide authoritative technical guidance.
• Recommend revisions to operating instructions and directions (including the OSHA Field Operations Manual (FOM)).
• Review legislation, rulemaking, programming documents and policy guidelines to make recommendations to the Director, DEP on program policies and initiatives to promote and solicit program participation and interest in OHE products and services.
• Carry out supervisory duties in accordance with regulatory requirements in areas such as Diversity and EEO; internal management controls; Merit Systems Principles; Safety and Occupational Health obligations; performance management; management of ethics, conduct, and discipline; and hiring reform.

• Serves as Contracting Officer Representative and adheres to procedures outlined in the Federal Acquisitions Regulations, VA Acquisition Regulations, Public Laws, and Agency policy.
• Supports all aspects of contractor onboarding, including coordination with all stakeholders, managing system processes (e.g. TMS, PIV, etc.), tracking through established COR dashboards and internal mechanisms, communicating regular updates, and identifying and resolving issues.
• Oversees and maintains project, contract, and budget files and records in compliance with policies and procedures.
• Performs special projects of an analytical, evaluative, technical and/or developmental nature for which there are often no established processes or methods.
• Analyzes management information requirements to develop program or administrative reporting systems including the systems specifications, data gathering and analytical techniques, and systems evaluation methodology; and makes or implements
  recommendations for improvements or efficiencies.
• Facilitates many small tasks, up to hundreds in concurrence, and ensures they are all closed out successfully. Maintains a list of issues to be presented to leaders for resolution.
• Provides coverage for the Executive Director's calendar as needed, scheduling appointments, conferences, and associated arrangements without prior approval, based on the importance and priority of the requests and the availability of supervisor.
• Demonstrates understanding of office goals and objectives and balances prioritization of tasks accordingly.

***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION***

Major Duties:

• Serves as an alter ego to the Executive Director for Communications (EDC), fully sharing with the EDC the direction of all phases of the organization's program and work.
• Assists the Executive Director in the development of VHA strategic communications and marketing plans; disseminates key messages and official positions on public issues; and promotes VHA mission, vision and activities.
• Manages assigned staff, develops priorities, and assigns projects; assures that appropriate services are provided, and goals are defined and achieved; develops staff skills and conducts performance evaluations; meets regularly with staff to discuss and resolve priorities, workload and technical issues; develops additional hiring/staffing recommendations; and manages internal/external stakeholder relationships.
• Provides counsel to the Under Secretary of Health (USH) and senior leaders on strategic communications issues and coordinates communications between the USH, senior leaders, and key stakeholder groups.
• Leads/assists in VHA/VA culture change initiatives through relevant, ongoing internal/external communications initiatives/activities.
• Reviews and guides the work of VHA Communications staff to assure the work quality and timely accomplishment of assigned duties and responsibilities.
• Manages budget and allocates resources to meet established VHA strategic goals.
• Develops methods, assessments, and plans, for increasing corporate identity/VISN and facility visibility.
• Oversees policy development and governance activities relating to the communications that support and facilitate the ability of VHA facilities to establish eligibility for VA sponsored health care benefits.
• Oversees VHA's initiatives to educate the general public, media, and VA stakeholders (including members of Congress) of the activities and services carried out by VHA.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Total Rewards: Total-Rewards-of-an-Allied-Health-VA-Career-Brochure.pdf

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The Columbia VA Health Care System is currently recruiting for the position of a Rotational Pharmacy Technician. Pharmacy Technicians at this grade level can work autonomously, using independent judgement to perform a full range of duties. The technician will assist in both outpatient and inpatient Pharmacy areas. Inpatient functions include packaging unit dose medications utilizing unit dose packaging machine, replenishing stock in automated dispensing machines, conducting routine ward inspections, preparing intravenous admixtures, and delivering medications to inpatient wards and outpatient clinics. Outpatient functions include filling and labeling medications for verification by a pharmacist, assisting patients at the pharmacy pick-up window, cleaning and refilling the outpatient automated dispensing machines, and preparing outpatient-controlled substances in accordance with facility policy for pharmacist verification. The incumbent performs all duties under the supervision of a pharmacist and is expected to acquire and maintain a high degree of accurate productivity and performance. The technician assigned to this role will be assigned to all areas, duties, and tours to cover all technical work assignments in the pharmacy, and other duties assigned by management.

Major duties include, but are not limited to:

• Accurately interpret, fills, and prepares prescriptions with appropriate medications and or medical supplies for pharmacist verification.
• Appropriately restocks controlled substances items in automated secured cabinets (i.e., Pyxis) in pharmacy or throughout medical center, as assigned.
• Assures drugs and supplies are appropriately stored and secured according to USP and VA guidelines, including the storage of high-risk, look a-like sound alike, hazardous, controlled substances, corrosive chemical, flammable liquids, and refrigerated items.
• Utilizes automation dispensing equipment available to the pharmacy staff following all safety and QA procedures. Reports automation malfunctions timely to the supervisor as appropriate.
• Compounds and/or reconstitutes oral or external medications (non-sterile).
• Answers questions from pharmacy and non-pharmacy personnel regarding drug distribution. Identifies basic therapeutic problems, such as duplicate therapy with drugs in the same class and alerts the pharmacist to the possible need for clinical intervention.
• Assists in training and orientation of new staff technicians, interns, and students. Assumes an active role in the overall pharmacy-training program consisting of students, externs, interns, etc.
• Ensures that proper handoff occurs when receiving or delivering controlled substances, assuring that at all times these medications are never left unsecured.
• Complies with all laws, regulations, directives, policies, and procedures applying to the dispensing, storage, transfer, inventory, and accountability of controlled substances.
• Assists inspectors with the inventory and accountability inspections.
• Receives and responds to all telephone inquiries from patients/family members regarding any issue related to prescription availability.

The purpose of the position is to review, analyze, develop, publish, promote, and implement awareness of enterprise-wide HHS information technology (IT) security and/or system development life cycle (SDLC) policies and standards. The incumbent will draft and issue policies, procedures, and supporting templates to implement IT standards into Agency operations.

The purpose of the position is to review, analyze, develop, publish, promote, and implement awareness of enterprise-wide HHS information technology (IT) security and/or system development life cycle (SDLC) policies and standards. The incumbent will draft and issue policies, procedures, and supporting templates to implement IT standards into Agency operations.

Incumbent exercises judgment and reason and relieves Supervisor of as many administrative duties as possible. The HT Program Support Assistant performs a variety of clerical and administrative support duties for the HT Program and performs office data support using multiple automated programs and software such as SharePoint, databases, spreadsheets, word documents and graphics in support of the clerical and administrative work.

Duties include but may not be limited to the following:

• Handle and collate data for patients enrolled in the Home Telehealth(HT )Program.
• Serve as a point of contact for Veterans, medical center staff, community agencies, and various others who contact this office.
• Assist with any future proposals/projects that are implemented, distributes, and balances the workload among Care Coordinators, assures timely accomplishment of the assigned workload, helps with enrollment, disenrollment and troubleshooting non-responding activities on telehealth equipment and documenting these as appropriate.
• Collect, compile and/or track statistical information and patient census report for the support of program operations and to access status or outcomes in relation to established performance measures, goals, and objectives; receive and process documents and reports in accordance with established procedures; use software applications to draw information from a wide variety of sources in order to prepare reports; and assist in the planning, review, and reporting of data/statistical results of program studies.
• Receive and ascertain the nature of the calls or visits and directs telephone calls, messages, and patients/visitors.

The Director, Business Management Office performs the following duties:

• This supervisory position provides leadership and managerial direction for effective, uniform, and economical accomplishments of management and administrative functions and responsibilities.
• Directs the formulation and dissemination of business transformation management policies and provides direction, coordination, review and analysis of transformation initiatives.
• Provides day-to-day leadership and guidance, both technical and administrative to assigned staff.
• Provides authoritative advice and recommendations to Office of Acquisition (OA) staff in establishing financial priorities in the areas of travel and training and human resources, as well as setting priorities tasking management and establishing internal and external communication channels for the OA executives.
• Provides expert analysis and evaluation of work processes and policies, management practices and work operations taking into full consideration complex programmatic and management issues and problems.
• Analyzes and evaluates the management practices and methods, as well as administrative operations of OA Divisions.

This job announcement will remain open for 10 business days. The initial application review cut-off for this job announcement is 50 applications. The first 50 applications received will be considered first. Applications received after the initial cut-off number (50 applications) may not receive consideration unless otherwise requested by management.

Major duties include (but not limited to):

• Designs and implements numerous data reporting systems for retrieving and displaying statistical data from VA databases, Oracle Cerner sources, and 3rd party databases (e.g., obtained via contract or from a federal partner like Centers for Medicaid Medicare Services (CMS) using statistical analysis (SAS), SQL and similar languages.
• Designs and implements complex national studies and analyses and performs analytical and evaluative work related to specific content areas.
• Creates and maintains database, model, and process documentation for contemporaneous and archival use.
• Designs and develops national tools and knowledge products, including surveys, databases, reports, etc. Responsible for presenting and educating API/PM teams and field-based customers on statistical concepts related to program functions (e.g., sampling & weighting)
• Produces analytical reports and studies that are made available to a wide variety of constituents, including oversight bodies and external stakeholders. Translates data into meaningful management information.
• Develops analytical strategies, extracts data from VA's corporate data systems and Oracle Cerner data and/or develops surveys or other tools to collect required data, summarizes the data and infers results to a larger population as appropriate.
• Provides oversight for the total quality management of information delivered, including information produced via the Corporate Data Warehouse (CDW) as well as specific ad hoc reports and analyses. Sets standards and ensures that data and statistical-inferential presentations adhere to standards.
• Applies and advises on policy implementation impacts to statistical programs, models, and reports.
• Reviews and recommends appropriate analytical tools and software for unique and challenging problems and studies.
• Reviews, justifies, and recommends acquisition of appropriate resources to perform detailed analyses.

The major duties of the Safety and Occupational Health Manager position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Provide technical support to the safety programs of supported parks in areas such as noise, asbestos, carbon monoxide, welding fumes, silica dust, solvent vapors, oxygen-deficient atmosphere, toxic and explosive gases, flammable materials, blood borne pathogens, laboratory hazards, chemical hazards mechanized equipment hazards, confined space, and work processes.
• Conduct annual safety inspections and evaluate workplace environments, equipment, or practices to ensure compliance with safety standards and government regulations.
• Investigate accidents to identify causes or to determine how such accidents might be prevented in the future.
• Develop local safety and environmental directives and recommend measures to help protect workers from potentially hazardous work methods, processes, or materials.
• Develop and provide Safety education and training.

• The duties may include, but are not limited to:
• Primary responsibility is serving as frontline USDA manager for addressing phytosanitary concerns affecting agricultural trade.
• As a U.S. negotiator leads, participates in, or supports intensive pre-negotiation preparation and strategy development.
• During trade negotiations plays a major role in establishing and maintaining the tenor of discussions on phytosanitary matters for which APHIS is responsible.
• Point of contact between the Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) staff, International Services, Veterinary Services, Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), other Federal/State Agencies, and industry on trade issue management matters.
• Provides strategic advice to other trade managers in USDA, ensuring that trade policies conform to the international standards of the IPPC and NAPPO.
• Plans, coordinates, or conducts studies relevant to the analysis of trade issues involved in the management of APHIS programs.
• Serves as a resource person to APHIS in identifying emerging scientific issues and modem technical capabilities to be applied to phytosanitary trade issue management.
• Represents the Assistant Deputy Administrator/Director at meetings and conferences with other U.S. agencies, State governments, industry and producer organizations.
• Drafts, reviews and approves controlled correspondence concerning PPQ trade issue management.

***THIS POSITION IS A VIRTUAL POSITION. THE EMPLOYEE MAY WORK AT A VA FACILITY OR OTHER VA-LEASED SPACE OTHER THAN THE FACILITY THAT IS HIRING THE EMPLOYEE***

NOTE: This position involves a multi-grade career ladder. The major duties listed below represent the full performance level of GS-12. At the GS-11 grade level, you will perform assignments of a more limited scope and with less independence. You will progressively acquire the background necessary to perform at the full performance level of GS-12. Promotion is at the discretion of the supervisor and is contingent upon satisfactory performance, availability of higher-level work, and availability of funds.

• Ensures the data integrity of identity traits associated with the Integration Control Number (ICN), and treating facilities of patients' electronic health records (EHR);
• Analyzes patient data, utilizing all verification resources and determining the correct course of action required;
• Documents analysis and action take in internal journal cases;
• Identifies, analyzes, investigates verifies and assists in the resolution of EHR's that have been involved in a Catastrophic Edit to patient identity;
• Reviews exceptions generated to the MPI by analyzing the data and determining the appropriate action to be taken to resolve the problem;
• Applies health information management principles and patient identity analysis skill sets to ensure that person identity integrity is maintained and improved where possible within the VA;
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

This job announcement will remain open for 5 business days. The initial application review cut-off for this job announcement is 100 applications. The first 100 applications received will be considered first. Applications received after the initial cut-off number (100 applications) may not receive consideration unless otherwise requested by management.

Major Duties:

• Develops and implements operating plans in coordination with VA's Administrations and Staff offices.
• Assists the ED and VA/VHA administration and staff offices in the daily execution and mentoring of operating plans.
• Works across the Department (VHA and VA) with program leads for each of the sub-initiatives to monitor the status of planned milestones and completion dates.
• Obtains up to date information and prepares comprehensive reports for VA senior management and oversight bodies.
• Assists in updating operating plans, researches issues, makes recommendations for improvement, and provides follow up actions to ensure completion of stated objectives/milestones, and for gaining the approvals to operating plans as part of the change control process delineated through OMR.
• Performs special projects as required by the ED and as assigned by the PDUSH and DUSHOM including enterprise cost accountability.

This job announcement will remain open for 5 business days. The initial application review cut-off for this job announcement is 75 applications. The first 75 applications received will be considered first. Applications received after the initial cut-off number (75 applications) may not receive consideration unless otherwise requested by management.

The salary range listed on this announcement reflects the GS Salaries across the entire country for the grade levels being announced. Once a selection is made the salary will be set based on your location and the given locality table for that area. - https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/2024/general-schedule

Major Duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Oversees and manages the National Research Advisory Council (NRAC) and its activities, including preparation of committee materials, ensuring items are reviewed by appropriate personnel, and ensuring all outstanding issues related to NRAC management are resolved in a timely manner.
• Serves in an advisory capacity to ORD Senior leaders, ORD administrative stakeholders, NRAC committee members, the NRAC Chairperson and others on issues related to the NRAC, research federal advisory committees, and carrying out the ORD mission.
• Provides advice and consultation to NRAC chairperson, members and staff on ethical principles, laws, regulations, and policies governing NRAC activities. This includes advising on the preparation of agendas, minutes, correspondence, and reports.
• Ensures meeting proceedings and documents follow FACA and ACMO mandates as well as pertinent regulatory guidelines and reporting deadlines.
• Develops and identifies indicators, progress measures, objectives, and emphasis areas for the attention of NRAC members, ORD Leadership and staff.
• Prepares policy guidance; and develops, reviews, and updates standard operating procedures, motivational materials, and information to facilitate participation in important Council initiatives.
• Manages the NRAC budget and provides regular and accurate budgetary information regarding status of funds, expenses, obligations, and projections in a variety of forms and reports.
• Prepares and submits routine, mandatory, and ad hoc NRAC reports to ACMO and other requesting entities.
• Conducts quality improvement activities, special projects, or studies regarding the NRAC as well as ORD initiatives pertaining to operations.
• Reviews and submits documentation of quality improvement activities; and presents to relevant parties.
• Develops and/or identifies best practices and facilitates innovative application of best practices and quality management methods.
• Manages and/or prepares responses to NRAC correspondence and general ORD correspondence.
• Prepares briefings for VA officials, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) representatives, and for congressional hearings on behalf of senior ORD managers.
• Oversees and tracks all NRAC staff (DFOs), contractors, and committee members and ensures they are compliant with applicable annual training and/or certification, and conflict of interest requirements.
• Serves as the electronic records system administrator for OWC and collaborates with records liaisons officers across the ORD research enterprise ensuring compliance with applicable regulations including 21 CFR Part 11, VHA Handbook 1605.1, VHA Handbook 1907.01, VHA Handbook 6500, and VHA Records Control Schedule (RCS) 10-1.
• Responsible for the NRAC administration of the GSA FACA Database and other relevant databases.
• Initiates or reviews correspondence for all NRAC agenda items and committee actions and oversees the maintenance of NRAC items and correspondence files.
• Assists with ORD administrative demands broadly including correspondence; operations mandates such as training, compliance with tracking systems, and records management; facilitates strategic plan objectives, cultural transformation/optimization efforts, and general initiatives that affect the ORD enterprise.

The Primary Purpose of the Position is: to serve as a psychologist providing co-located collaborative care (CCC) services within primary care Patient Aligned Care Teams (PACT). The Primary Care Mental Health Integration (PCMHI) psychologist participates in PACT and PCMHI team huddles and is available for rapid face to face consultation and coordination of care with primary care staff members. In addition, the PCMHI psychologist provides same day mental health evaluation and triage services to Veterans enrolled in PACT. The PCMHI psychologist provides brief (1-6 visits), problem focused interventions for Veterans experiencing mild to moderate mental health concerns (e.g., mild/moderate depression or anxiety, substance use disorders etc.). The PCMHI psychologist may also provide behavioral health interventions to address common health conditions that present in primary care (insomnia, stress management, chronic pain, weight management) via individual or group behavioral health interventions. The PCMHI psychologist works in collaboration with the PCMHI team to assist the PACT team with follow up on positive behavioral health screens.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

Clinical (100%)

1. Provides initial assessments for patients who are being seen by primary care.
2. Provides therapeutic interventions for patients with mild/moderate MH concerns using a brief, problem focused evidence-based care approach. Issues cover a full spectrum of diagnoses but patients do no and do not generally require specialty mental health care. Services include individual and couples psychotherapy.
3. Provides psychoeducational groups and focal group therapy.
4. Provides consultation to PACT Team staff on a wide variety of patient care issues.
5. Participates in PACT Team huddles and other PACT meetings.
6. Participates in PCMHI team meetings.
7. Completes clinical reminders and follow-ups as needed. Is attentive to all Performance Measures for clinical care.
8. Provides supervision of trainees conducting direct clinical care.
9. Facilitates liaisons with other health and mental health care programs in order to effectively coordinate services.
10. Complies with national and local performance measures, including timely health care screening and completion of clinical reminders for all patients.
11. Complies with all CPRS documentation procedures, including timeliness standards for documentation and proper patient check out procedures (e.g., entering diagnostic and procedure codes).
12. Attends and participates in administrative and informational meetings for the Psychology Service and Mental Health Service Line.
13. Completes required trainings in a timely manner.